CA2256782A1 - Transparency processing in a page description language - Google Patents

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CA2256782A1
CA2256782A1 CA002256782A CA2256782A CA2256782A1 CA 2256782 A1 CA2256782 A1 CA 2256782A1 CA 002256782 A CA002256782 A CA 002256782A CA 2256782 A CA2256782 A CA 2256782A CA 2256782 A1 CA2256782 A1 CA 2256782A1
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page description
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Lars U. Borg
Stephen E. Carlsen
Stephen N. Schiller
Mark Hamburg
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Adobe Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/50—Lighting effects
    • G06T15/503—Blending, e.g. for anti-aliasing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
    • G06T11/60—Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

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  • Computer Graphics (AREA)
  • Image Processing (AREA)
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  • Record Information Processing For Printing (AREA)
CA002256782A 1997-12-22 1998-12-21 Transparency processing in a page description language Abandoned CA2256782A1 (en)

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US08/995,611 US6289364B1 (en) 1997-12-22 1997-12-22 Transparency processing in a page description language
US08/995,611 1997-12-22

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EP (1) EP0924654B1 (ja)
JP (1) JP4804605B2 (ja)
CA (1) CA2256782A1 (ja)
DE (1) DE69834237T2 (ja)

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EP0924654A2 (en) 1999-06-23
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DE69834237D1 (de) 2006-05-24
JP4804605B2 (ja) 2011-11-02
US6289364B1 (en) 2001-09-11
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DE69834237T2 (de) 2007-04-12

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